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1 online resource (107 pages) |
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Part 1. Bioethics from a Catholic perspective -- What is ethics? -- Some key terms -- The human person -- Sources of Roman Catholic ethics : revelation and natural law -- Traditional moral theology : objective dimensions -- Traditional moral theology : subjective dimensions -- Conscience -- Conversion -- Part 2. Reproductive technologies -- The human person : church teaching -- Personhood : theological and legal dimensions -- The morality of in vitro fertilization -- Ethical concerns arising from in vitro fertilization -- Stem cells : embryonic and adult -- Stem cell experimentation and morality -- The principle of double effect -- Co-operation in evil -- Part 3. End-of-life issues -- The dignity of the dying -- Patients' rights -- Withdrawal of treatment -- Part 4. Catholic teaching on living life until the end -- Definitions -- The Dutch experience -- Suffering and palliative care -- The Christian approach to death -- Appendix. Advance directives for health care |
| Summary |
A practical guide for Catholics through the controversial field of bioethics. Lay people today need to be as educated as possible in catholic teaching in bioethics due to their huge civic responsibilities related to the burning issues of our time such as euthanasia, prenatal genetic diagnosis, and so forth. We read about these issues constantly in the newspapers and see them reported on TV. It can be difficult to keep up to date with developments in these areas, at the same time as staying informed about church teaching regarding them. Bioethics Matters is an essential resource for Catholics who are dealing with these medical and end-of -life issues. This succinct guide clearly sets out catholic teaching on today's most debated issues: stem cell research, reproductive technologies, euthanasia, and much more. By presenting real-life situations, this guide provides readers with examples of catholic ethical decision making in action. The purpose is to show how catholic teaching can help people today navigate their way through tough decisions and choices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-107) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics.
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Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Bioethik
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Katholizismus
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441100047 |
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1441100040 |
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